Unless it sits on any of the damaged sectors on the hard drive. So if the image is ok you can use Ghost to restore that image to the new drive and just have the new drive be one partition with the OS on it. Another option would be to partition the new hd and put the ghost image on a partition like where it is now and use your own custom restore process when needed. As far as the Dell utility partition at the front of the drive it will be gone too. But you can make a bootable Dell diagnostics CD and still test all the components.
Okay, but to restore the image from the old drive, I'd have to put the old drive back in? I don't know how to put in or configure a second drive. I can see the "bay" where it goes but I don't know about cables and jumpers and all that.
I'm okay with not having the Dell utility partition. Hi all, Just joined and this thread is the closest to the relatively simple problem I have. I had no idea that there were hidden partitions on the disk, but in fact do not particularly care. It is as if the system thinks it is configured as a Dual Boot.
Hitting Return selects the first option and the computer boots with no problems. If I select the second it tells me that Windows cannot start because the file hal. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of this annoying OS choices menu on Boot up or what may have caused it to appear in the first place?
Browse Community. Windows General. Dell Community : Software : Windows General : manually installing win xp on new hard drive. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by SlamX Solved. Hello, I just ordered a new hard drive to replace my failing one in my Dimension And it is safer than zero-filling method. So it is one of the most common data destruction ways to dispose personal data.
But it takes more time to complete. It provides much higher security but also gives wear to the drive. Step 3. Otherwise, the SSD's life span would be reduced.
And it works well with different disks, like Dell, Seagate. You can also run Diskpart from Command Prompt to initialize disk on Windows computer. You can create partitions after initializing disk on your computer.
When you buy a new external hard drive, it usually has been initialized by manufacturers. An external hard drive usually shows uninitialized due to bad sector, virus infection. In this situation, you can connect the external HDD to your computer and format it to initialize the external disk. Whether you want to initialize a new disk or an old one because it shows uninitialized due to any reason, partition software IM-Magic Partition Resizer provides an easy solution for disk initializing on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, Initialize a disk would erase data.
Therefore, if any disk shows uninitialized due to virus infection or bad sectors, you had better recover all data from the disk in advance before initializing it. Free to Initialize Disk on Windows XP 7 8 10 Initialize disk is a process to prepare the disk available for data storage. From troubleshooting a hard drive issue to simply getting rid of your data — there could be numerous reasons for formatting the disk. Let's begin right now! Mostly, the system manufacturers would include a bootable CD with the unit or would ask users to create one.
Ideally, it is a read-only disc that can boot your system into a Windows environment. Mostly, any bootable media is used to troubleshoot an issue on Windows or boot it when the firmware has been corrupted. Since it will reinstall a fresh copy of Windows on the system by performing a factory reset, a lot of people avoid it. Also, it takes a lot of time and effort to format a hard drive by using the bootable media as there are other ways to do it.
Chances are that your Windows XP drive would have different partitions as well. While formatting a non-system partition is extremely easy, a lot of people struggle to format the Windows drive. Any drive that is not the Windows partition can easily be formatted. This will open the Disk Management application with a list of all the partitions on your system and their details.
You can simply select any non-system partition from here, right-click, and choose to format it. Once you click on the Format button, a dedicated wizard would launch on your Windows XP system.
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